You know what TiVo feature I'd like? I'd like the ability to specify that I only want X episodes of a show recorded, but to not keep replacing those X episodes unless I've deleted them. Right now, you can specify that you want 2 episodes, but the TiVo will keep recording the latest aired episodes regardless of whether you've touched those two.
I've had nothing but problems receiving UPS packages. I've had packages that were never delivered, packages damaged in transit, and I had to go meet a delivery man on a corner one time because he said he couldn't find my address. My apartment was in a town with a numbered grid of streets... so I'm not sure where the confusion was. I'm all for Brown getting some new toys so long as it means I get my packages faster.
Leap year, leap seconds, leap minutes, daylight savings time... change all of this stuff so that it cuts a year/seconds/minute/hour out of my workday, and you'll get my vote. Losing an hour of sleep overnight on a Tuesday does nothing for me, but skipping that mid-Monday meeting would be a God-send.
"Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites, announced that they have been developing a commercial manned space program in secret for the past two years."
I though they were supposed to wait for the religious freaks to blow up the first one before letting Jodi Foster know this one existed.
Here's my take. It won't cost more. Your average user doesn't know what progressive scan is, and they're not going to understand why a video game machine that cost X yesterday costs X+Y today when it seemingly does the same thing. My guess is that Sony has come up with ways to simplify the internal design of the PS2, and while they're doing that, they've decided to add some functionality (IR, Progressive Scan, etc.) If you look at the history of consoles, they almost always do a redesign of the console as it matures since it helps improve their bottom line. Genesis did it. Nintendo did it. Even XBOX has a couple variations in its internals. Anyway, that's my guess on why this is being done.
So MacGyver and the Phoenix Foundation finally staked their claim to their name, huh? I would've thought you could've settled it all for some duct tape, a pencil, three acorns and some sodium benzoate.
I'll leave the "is downloading illegal" argument alone, but part of the problem is that the music industry has failed to introduce any notable download service to compete with what consumers have come to expect as a way to obtain their music.
I'd guess that music companies currently spend millions, if not billions of dollars, trying to figure out how to get their music in the hands of consumers... yet here the consumer is telling them that they want the ability to download electronic copies of the songs. Out of fear of what the impact of such a service could mean to their bottom line, the music industry has failed to answer this demand... and instead, has reacted with lawsuits. The result -- Consumers continue to download, since there's not a legal alternative answering their desire to get their music online.
I'd guess that if the RIAA's strong-armed legal tactics were introduced side-by-side with an affordable online music-download service, they'd see that a large population of users wouldn't mind paying for a well-marketed digital distribution service. Right now they'd rather spend their time trying to get the genie back in the lamp instead of cashing in on what the consumer is telling them they want.
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You know what TiVo feature I'd like? I'd like the ability to specify that I only want X episodes of a show recorded, but to not keep replacing those X episodes unless I've deleted them. Right now, you can specify that you want 2 episodes, but the TiVo will keep recording the latest aired episodes regardless of whether you've touched those two.
You know Amazon has a patent on that whole one-click thing. Beware!
I've had nothing but problems receiving UPS packages. I've had packages that were never delivered, packages damaged in transit, and I had to go meet a delivery man on a corner one time because he said he couldn't find my address. My apartment was in a town with a numbered grid of streets ... so I'm not sure where the confusion was. I'm all for Brown getting some new toys so long as it means I get my packages faster.
Leap year, leap seconds, leap minutes, daylight savings time ... change all of this stuff so that it cuts a year/seconds/minute/hour out of my workday, and you'll get my vote. Losing an hour of sleep overnight on a Tuesday does nothing for me, but skipping that mid-Monday meeting would be a God-send.
Wait a second! I think we just figured out who blew up the Columbia!
Here's my take. It won't cost more. Your average user doesn't know what progressive scan is, and they're not going to understand why a video game machine that cost X yesterday costs X+Y today when it seemingly does the same thing. My guess is that Sony has come up with ways to simplify the internal design of the PS2, and while they're doing that, they've decided to add some functionality (IR, Progressive Scan, etc.) If you look at the history of consoles, they almost always do a redesign of the console as it matures since it helps improve their bottom line. Genesis did it. Nintendo did it. Even XBOX has a couple variations in its internals. Anyway, that's my guess on why this is being done.
Complex mathematics? Looks like its time for Matt Damon and Pretty-Boy Affleck to write Good Will Hunting II.
So MacGyver and the Phoenix Foundation finally staked their claim to their name, huh? I would've thought you could've settled it all for some duct tape, a pencil, three acorns and some sodium benzoate.
You can try ... but those two don't mix... ... right after you rip, and right before you burn...
Or I guess you could say they do
Nah, I was right the first time...
Nice! No work today ... Oh, wait....
I'll leave the "is downloading illegal" argument alone, but part of the problem is that the music industry has failed to introduce any notable download service to compete with what consumers have come to expect as a way to obtain their music.
... yet here the consumer is telling them that they want the ability to download electronic copies of the songs. Out of fear of what the impact of such a service could mean to their bottom line, the music industry has failed to answer this demand ... and instead, has reacted with lawsuits. The result -- Consumers continue to download, since there's not a legal alternative answering their desire to get their music online.
I'd guess that music companies currently spend millions, if not billions of dollars, trying to figure out how to get their music in the hands of consumers
I'd guess that if the RIAA's strong-armed legal tactics were introduced side-by-side with an affordable online music-download service, they'd see that a large population of users wouldn't mind paying for a well-marketed digital distribution service. Right now they'd rather spend their time trying to get the genie back in the lamp instead of cashing in on what the consumer is telling them they want.
Speaking of Emeril!
Bam!!
Dude, they've got Lionel Richie. No wonder Apple and Microsoft are in a bidding war!